Teardrop Trailers

[PapaG]

Ok a few folks have emailed me on teardrop trailers, since I opened my big mouth and said I was into tears for several years... Well this is true, and I am not a expert on them I have done a lot of research on them, been on several discussion boards, email lists for them.

They were a small trailer designed in the late 30's and 40's to be pulled by cars of that time. There was a maker of parts and complete units, named Kit Manufacturing. Several others came and went, but there is a revision of these neat campers. They have some small enough to be pulled by a motorcycle to those needing a full size truck to pull them.
Most were designed with a 4' x 8' building layout to use common lumber. Most of them are in the 600-900 lb weight range, so they could be pulled by some of our cars.

I wanted to build one and tow behind my VW's to car shows... That way I could take a nap if I wanted too. :P
I have a set of plans I made based on a Benroy design, which is a more rounded back end than the standard Teardrop. If any one wants a copt of the file, I have in dwg, dwx or several other cad type file formats.

Ok here are some links that I checked to see if they were still good. Several have plans, and lots of links, one on a webring.... so have fun.

http://www.desertteardrops.com/
http://www.aerotear.com/
http://home.earthlink.net/~frelance/greatl...tlakesteardrop/ (http://home.earthlink.net/~frelance/greatlakesteardrop/)
http://www.teardroptrailersexpress.com/
http://q.webring.com/hub?ring=teardropper&id=9&hub
http://mybenroy.iwarp.com/
http://pages.prodigy.net/rfs2growup/HOME.HTM
http://www.kuffelcreek.com/
http://www.teardrops.net/links01.html
http://www.kuffelcreek.com/8'_cubby.htm

[bugdust]

Thanks. I'm not interested in a teardrop right now, but, as you know, I am about to start a trailer project.

[PapaG]

Somewhere I have a picture of a KG and a small 1 wheel trailer they pull behind it.
Some kind of pearl metalic paint on both. Very Nice setup... I think the KG has less room than most of the Cars do.


Harbor Frieght sells some small 2 wheel trailer kits. I think Home depot does too. Get one of those and put the backend of your chose on it...

[1slo3]

man oh man... i forgot how cool tear drops were!

[LUMPY]

Nice!! My grandfather used to have one....I loved camping in it....

[lancelot link]

Heres my old one....


http://www.muchos.co.uk/members/lancelot%20link/teardropp.JPG

[NICKSTER]

Now that I'm a "official certified camper " style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/funny.gif I should go to the next level and get one of them! They really are awesome looking!

[coopgirl]

There's a guy over here in Oz that has built one that he tows to shows behind his beetle. He makes t-shirts and mugs and stuff and it's a good draw card. People come to check out the caravan and end up buying stuff off him.
I'll try and find a pic for you.

[walt]

Here's a picture of my collection of teardrops.

[PapaG]

boy talkabout a old thread.... I still like them... Walt I don't think I can fit in yours.

[walt]

Originally posted by PapaG@May 31 2005, 05:28 PM
Walt I don't think I can fit in yours.
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Here's a link to a pic of one I built for a friend. It has a Queen Size Bed style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sleeping.gif and a Kitchen in the back. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

http://www.walts.info/Teardrop.htm

[daveyj]

i was all set to build one this winter, had some ideas and was about to start p.m.ing walt with stupid questions then two weeks ago my sister gave the wife and i a 22' fiberglass jobbi.
no go on building one if we already have one so...
at least i get to upgrade the jeep so's it'll tow it. ( hehehe...... really honey, it needs at least 400 hp to tow a trailer that big hehehe....)

[Turbo Punk]

stick a blown Hemi is that sucker and call it a day! .....Tim

[Ian]

I saw one of them brand new teardrops....not bad lookin' at all!

[daveyj]

Originally posted by Turbo Punk@May 31 2005, 06:44 PM
stick a blown Hemi is that sucker and call it a day! .....Tim
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nah, got a line on a built 351 turnkey motor +tranny+ t-case
i'm hoping to pick it up for a round 1000 canadien.... bought 750-800 u.s style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/funny.gif
ah, i'm such a low baller sometimes
anyways, sorry bought the hijack....

[Scott H]

Originally posted by Ian@May 31 2005, 10:46 PM
I saw one of them brand new teardrops....not bad lookin' at all!

I saw one of these just the other day. It was pretty sweet looking.

http://www.tab-rv.com

http://www.tab-rv.com/graphics/tour/tab_cherry.jpg

[PapaG]

Those are BIG. A local RV dealer sels them. They just have the look. The thing about a real teardrop is light weight. Less than 1000lbs. Most are in the 600-800lb range.

[jasonb]

Yeah, there's a local RV dealer that sells the T@b tear drop trailers. They look awfully cool from the highway as you drive by but they didn't look nearly that big from a distance. I never knew they had such a history and I didn't know that they were so versatile.

Good stuff.

[flatfourrodder]

Originally posted by coopgirl@May 31 2005, 02:31 PM
There's a guy over here in Oz that has built one that he tows to shows behind his beetle. He makes t-shirts and mugs and stuff and it's a good draw card. People come to check out the caravan and end up buying stuff off him.
I'll try and find a pic for you.
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That would be Bluey! Still taking it around behind his Vord?

[HotRodMatt]

Yeah she's talking about the Blue Dog's one...

Tho he's hauling a George Jetson thing at the moment.